PSY-3216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Papez Circuit, Facial Motor Nucleus, Autonomic Nervous System
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Emotion: folk psychology what people believe people understand why we behave and how our brains work not correct. ) perception/interpretation (danger) particular emotion experienced (fear) specific pattern of autonomic arousal (heart races, etc. : james-lange theory linear particular responses to certain inputs. ) perception/interpretation (danger) specific pattern of autonomic arousal (heart races, etc. ) particular emotion experienced (fear: cannon-bard theory not linear; parallel processing between the two. Simultaneously: specific pattern of autonomic arousal (heart races, etc. ) And particular emotion experienced (fear: schachter"s cognitive theory. What is emotion: after the initial response and expression, we adjust to the situation and act accordingly to our emotion we are feeling, elicitors. Actual or anticipated situations, recollections, etc: facial affect program (pan-cultural) Facial motor programs for: happiness, surprise, anger, sadness, fear, disgust, embarrassment, contempt: mediation by culture-specific display rules. Exaggerate, minimize, counteract, camouflage: end result, intensity changes the name what the emotion we are feeling (e. g. sad vs. depressed)
